But it's too soon! He was supposed to wait for us to lay siege to his anceint space fortress and wait three solar cycles before his banished nephew arrives with the Tartresis reinforcements and the white seer!
Did his fury alone drive fear in our hearts and scattered our formation so his ships could easily overwhelm many of ours in the first charge?
If not he definitly failed to Theoden us, no matter what he tried.
Did his fury alone drive fear in our hearts and scattered our formation so his ships could easily overwhelm many of ours in the first charge?
If not he definitly failed to Theoden us, no matter what he tried.
[x][SHIP] TF3 - Rru'adorr assigned to Task Force 3
[X][WS] Plan Recon and Diplomacy
-[X] Starfleet Academy Red Squad Runabouts - Recon team (4 cost for Starfleet, gain +1 to outpost and starbase attempts to detect incoming ships)
-[X] Generate Generic Internal Diplomacy Team from United Earth (10 Cost to Starfleet, 5 Cost to Member World, gain Internal Diplomacy Team)
Our crews are moving around the clock, and we now have ships moving forward towards the front. The Courageous, Kumari, Pathfinder, Sojourner, and the Huascar. At the very moment that the Arcadian Empire loses two explorers and two cruisers, we return to the fray a quartet of explorers and a cruiser. Two Mirandas are also returning to the front, released from Kardan Amash Yards at Welleck IV. The Rigellians do good work, and I'm certain we'll have no problems there.
The filing of formal certification is still a week or two away, but the demands of the day are seeing ships exit their berths as soon as able. None too soon with Sarek and Liberty looking to take on repairs.
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Director's Report, Starfleet Intelligence, Vice Admiral Scott Linderly
Operational security now permits me to report on an upcoming operation, undertaken in conjunction with the Licori Border Zone forces. Our Special Projects Security and Irregular Operations offices are working together to remove the major stumbling block to taking the Gammon system: the Anoxa Superlaser, built into the Narravonn moon.
This is a dangerous operation, but I have complete confidence in the commanders on the scene. It consists of a multi-prong assault. Strike teams will be inserted via the blind-side of the moon, and fly in shuttles nape-of-the-earth fashion to approach the Anoxa site. Once in position, the elements will strike and detonate the facility. Simultaneously to the start of that assault, runabouts will deliver strike teams to the orbital stations that protect the Anoxa site to provide an escape vector to our intelligence forces.
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Aboard, SS Hummingbird, Stardate 25774.7
Across the refitted hauler Hummingbird, orderly lines of slate-grey clad sentients file into waiting shuttlecraft and runabouts. Armed with more than phasers, explosives, and heavy weapons, they are armed with training, courage, and belief. Belief in the Federation, in Starfleet, in their cause and their mission.
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There is a debate within the Licori command staff as to whether the assault on Gammon should be launched only after word of the successful destruction of the Anoxa superlaser is received, or if the assault should be timed to arrive simultaneously.
If a simultaneous attack occurs, the odds of Starfleet Intelligence making a clean getaway vastly increase, and the odds that the Kortennon can make repairs are non-existent. However, if the attack fails, or falls behind, the incoming force will almost certainly take at least some losses from the Anoxa. Alternatively, a delayed launch means that other elements of the Kortennon defences will be on maximum guard, there is a chance the laser could be set for at least a shot or two, and it will be more difficult for the operatives to escape.
[ ][GAM] Attack simultaneously
[ ][GAM] Attack when sure the weapon is destroyed
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State of Emergency, 2314.Q5.M3.F2 (Turn 12 of State of Emergency)
You are currently operating in a State of Emergency.
This entails an increased operational tempo and an increase to available assets.
These assets usually will require no additional resources from Starfleet, as you are directing the resources of a Federation that does not embrace money. Any additional requirements will be noted on the actions themselves. The most notable brake on your mobilisation of assets comes from their effect on the war support of the various member groups. You have already been provided control over a large fraction of fleet assets from the member worlds nearest the LBZ, but more can be requisitioned.
This State of Emergency will endure until such time as the cause of the crisis is resolved. In this case, until the Mentats of the Arcadian Empire no longer poses a threat to the Federation.
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Assets
Current Assets:
Special Assets
Ret. Admiral Vitalia Yukiko Kahurangi - Lobby Council on your behalf (Chance of random war support gains)
Fleet Units
Starfleet Line Starships
Starfleet Auxiliary Ships
1 Oberth from Vulcan
1 Oda-Gach from Rigel
1 Cargo Ship from Tellar
Recon Units
Vulcan Survey Corps - Assigned to Clover Outpost (+1 to Clover Outpost detecting ships)
Andorian Orbital Guard Runabouts - Assigned to Betazed (+1 to Rixx Defence Platform [Outpost] detecting ships)
Starfleet Academy Red Squad Runabouts - Unassigned
Internal Diplomacy Teams
Federation Emergency Committee - Focus on increasing mobilisation (+10pt/mnth mobilisation rate)
Federation Diplomatic Service Consular Team 3 - Lobby to raise war support on Betazed (+2 war support per month for target)
United Earth Central Directorate Staff - Unassigned
External Diplomacy Teams
Federation Diplomatic Service Ambassadorial Team 4 - Conduct half-strength diplomatic push on Laio - +11 to Relations with Laio
UESPA Offworld Diplomacy Team - Convey a write-in request to <Ked Paddah> to begin coordinating war effort with Federation - Progress made
Engineering Teams
UESPA Deep Space Engineering - Commence outpost build at <Onos IV> - ETC 2315.Q2.M1.F1
Starfleet Engineering Command - Commence outpost build at Kappa Tau (3 Months - apprx) - ETC 2315.Q2.M3.F1
Andorian Imperial Star Engineers - Build listening post builds in Subsector C1 (5 Months - apprx) - ETC 2315.Q3.M1.F1
Gorc Belth Colonial Engineers - Unassigned
Heavy Industry Teams
Dhara Heavy Industry Park (Andor) - Unassigned
Shorc Xurth Resource Combine (Tellar) - Rush Starship Construction for <Courageous>
East Asian Productivity Commission (UESPA) - Prepare components for 3 Outposts (3 Months) (You have 3) - ETC 2315.Q2.M2.F1
North America Productivity Commission (UESPA) - Brute force repairs for USS Hood (1.5x penalty to cost, 4x speed increase)
Morchell Arebb Complex (Rigel) - Brute force repairs (1.5x penalty to cost, 4x speed increase) Yagad-Tich
-Repair Components Complete (2x1000kt)
Doctrine Specialist
Retired Vice Admiral Heidi Eriksson - Begin developing developing countermeasures for fixed defences (improve minefield rolls) (6 months) - ETC 2315.Q3.M1.F1
Retired Vice Admiral Lachlan Ablett - Begin researching anti-convoy techniques (+1 to attempts to engage convoys within Licori space, 4 months) - ETC 2315.Q2.M3.F1
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Fleet Units
Fleet Units
Starships and other assets that you can use to supplement your forces, create new task forces, replace losses, or reinforce attacks.
Recon Units
Recon Units
Supplementary patrol units that you can attach to your starbases, outposts, and fleet units.
Internal Diplomacy
Internal Diplomacy
Assets that you can employ to help bolster links between member worlds, or shore up flagging support. They can also be used to increase the rate with which you are able to mobilise assets, though that may become a double-edged sword.
External Diplomacy
External Diplomacy
Assets that you can employ to conduct relations with other nearby powers, such as the Ked Paddah, the Honiani, the Laio, the Gaeni, and others.
Engineering Teams
Engineering Teams
Field deployable units consisting of Engineering Ships, construction crews, and the like. They are capable of conducting operations abroad in unsettled systems.
Heavy Industry
Heavy Industry
You need heavy industry to provide extra boosts to ship production, repair, to produce the components necessary for constructing stations, outposts, and starbases.
Doctrine Specialists
Doctrine Specialists
All doctrines are plans, and no plan survives first contact with the enemy. War is the most unforgiving task master, so you best learn what works and doesn't work quickly.
Task Assignments:
[ ][UNASSIGN] List any teams you wish to unassign from their current tasks
Starfleet Red Squadron
[ ][RECON] Assign me!
Gorc Belth Colonial Engineers
[ ][ENG] Commence outpost build at <Target> (3 Months - apprx)
[ ][ENG] Commence starbase build at <Target> (12 Months - apprx)
[ ][ENG] Build listening post builds in <Subsector> (5 Months - apprx)
[ ][ENG] Assemble 2x1000kt Repair Yards at <Target> (6 Months - apprx)
[ ][ENG] Build heliopause sensor pickets in <Target> (+1 to Sci-T against infiltrating craft) (3 Months - apprx)
[ ][ENG] Place defensive minefields in <Target> (Sets minefield of Low Density, Low Waves, High Strength, Medium Stealth)
[ ][ENG] Keep in reserve for now
[ ][ENG] Write in
UESPA Central Directorate
[ ][CON] Focus on increasing mobilisation (+10pt/mnth mobilisation rate)
[ ][CON] Lobby to raise war support on <Member> (+2 war support per month for target)
[ ][CON] Lobby to increase economic mobilisation on <Member> (chance of forcing an economic push)
[ ][CON] Reassure <Member World> (Chance to reduce support lost from combat or mobilisation)
[ ][CON] Work to add Member World <Target> to responding worlds
[ ][CON] Asset Identification <Category> - Attempt to add more non-Generic options for Mobilisation
[ ][CON] Starfleet Recruiting Campaign - +2 O / +2 E / +2 T in 1 Qtr
Dhara Heavy Industry Park
[ ][IND] Prepare components for 3 Outposts (3 Months) - You have 3 in stock
[ ][IND] Prepare components for 1 Starbase (3 Months) - You have 1 in stock
[ ][IND] Prepare components for 2x1mt Repair Yard Berths (3 Months)
[ ][IND] Prepare components for 1x3mt Repair Yard Berth (5 Months)
[ ][IND] Prepare components for 1x1mt Shipyard Berth (3 Months)
[ ][IND] Prepare components for 1x3mt Shipyard Berth (6 Months)
NB: Both of the following options may also be applied to Member World facilities, also apply for refits - if both are applied to a single build, the -1Qtr proc's BEFORE the 2x rate
[ ][IND] Rush Starship Construction for <Single ship under construction> (Variable, ship will proceed at 2x rate)
[ ][IND] Rush Construction at <Shipyard> (9 Months, all builds gain +1Qtr of work)
[ ][IND] Brute force repairs (1.5x penalty to cost, 4x speed increase)
Additional task types may be requested of the QM.
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The Home Front
Current War Support:
Starfleet - 137pt (-3 from casualties, -2 from ship loss, +5 from objectives, -14 from Assets)
United Earth SPA - 110pt (-6 from casualties, -2 from ship loss, +2 from objectives, -5 from Assets)
Vulcan High Command - 54pt (-3 from Federation losses, +2 from objectives)
Tellarite State Forces - 109pt (-3 from Federation losses, -4 from ship loss, +2 from objectives)
Betazed Defence Forces - 45pt (-3 from Federation losses, +2 from objectives)
Rigel Defence Force - 86pt (-3 from Federation losses, +2 from objectives)
Andorian Guard - 87pt (-3 from Federation losses, +2 from objectives)
IT of Gaen - 148pt (+2 from objectives)
NB: Starfleet's entry here is more to do with organisation-wide morale and depth.
War Weariness increases with:
Battles
Casualties
Time
Resource Requests
Economic Policy changes
Failing set objectives
War Support increases with:
Some victories
Achieving set objectives
Releasing resources
Current Economic Settings:
Starfleet - N/A
United Earth SPA - Early Mobilisation
Vulcan High Command - Peacetime
Tellarite State Force - Early Mobilisation
Betazed Defence Forces - Peacetime
Andorian Guard - Peacetime
Rigel Defence Force - Early Mobilisation
IT of Gaen - Wartime Economy
Honiani - Peacetime
Laio - Peacetime
Levels of Mobilisation
Pacifist - 75% of normal income, 100% of normal build
Peacetime - 100% of normal income, 100% of normal build time, no stockpile opening
Early - 125% of normal income, -1Qtr build time, open 25% of stockpile
Limited - 150% of normal income, -2Qtr build time, open full stockpile
Wartime - 200% of normal income, -25% build time, post-war economic slump,
Total - 250% of normal income, -50% build time, post-war economic crash,
There are maximum time-frames that a wartime economy can be maintained without income dropping again.
2314.Q4.M1.F2:
UESPA has moved from 110/60/2/2.2/2.2 to 140/75/2.5/2.75/2.75 - gained 50/40 from stockpile
VHC has moved from 40/35/1/1.75/1.5 to 55/45/1.35/2.35/2
TSF has moved from 95/50/1.45/1.95/1.95 to 120/65/1.8/2.4/2.4 - gained 50/40 from stockpile
2314.Q4.M3.F2:
BDF has moved from 35/35/1.15/1.45/1.15 to 45/45/1.45/1.8/1.45
2315.Q2.M1.F1:
RDS will move from 80/50/1.75/4.25/3.75 to 100/65/2.2/5.3/4.7 - gained 50/40 from stockpile
Task Force 1 CO - Commodore Michel Thuir
-Flag: USS Sarek
Task Force 2 CO - Commodore Nash ka'Sharren
-Flag: USS Enterprise
Task Force 3 CO - Rear Admiral T'Lorel
-Flag: USS Renaissance
-- Task Group 3.1 CO - Commodore Brufraogm Wev
---Flag: RDS Yagad-Tich
-- Task Group 3.2 CO - Commodore Erzath zh'Darlyth
---Flag: USS Endurance
Task Force 4 CO - Commodore Iorin Grann (promote)
-Flag: Thirishar
-Task Force 5
--Task Group 5.1 CO - Ms Alexia O'Conner, UESPA Deep Space Engineering
--- Flag: UES Kagutsuchi, Engineering Ship
-- Task Group 5.2 CO Starfleet Engineering Command
--- Flag: USS Anvil, Engineering Ship
-- Task Group 5.3 CO Andorian Imperial Star Engineers
--- Flag: Engineering Ship Ikaryth
-- Task Group 5.4 CO Gorc Belth Colonial Engineers
--- Flag: SS Aksagh, Engineering Ship
-Task Force 6 CO - Naval Supervisor Anak Hadd-Banad
-- Flag: IGS Hadd-Mal, Gaeni Tech-Cruiser
Sol Sector Command - Rear Admiral
-Rixx Defence Platform [Betazed Outpost] - Commander Pirala Narax
--Andorian Orbital Guard Runabouts
Rear Admiral Victoria Eaton
Current Posting: Commander, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: High
Aggression: High
Nerve: High
Diplomacy: Medium
Politics: High
Commodore Brufraogm Wev
Current Posting: Commander, Task Group 3.1, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: High
Aggression: Medium
Nerve: Medium
Diplomacy: Low
Politics: High
Commodore Erzath zh'Darlyth
Current Posting: Commander, Task Group 3.2, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Low
Aggression: High
Nerve: Medium
Diplomacy: Medium
Politics: High
Rear Admiral T'Lorel
Current Posting: Commander, Task Force 3, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Medium
Aggression: Medium
Nerve: High
Diplomacy: High
Politics: Medium
Commodore Michel Thuir
Current Posting: Operations Officer, Starfleet Tactical Field Command
Rule-Abiding: Medium
Aggression: High
Nerve: Medium
Diplomacy: Medium
Politics: High
Commodore Nash ka'Sharren
Current Posting: Commander, Task Force 2, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Low
Aggression: High
Nerve: High
Diplomacy: High
Politics: Medium
Captain Rosalee McAdams
Current Posting: Chief of Staff, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Medium
Aggression: Medium
Nerve: High
Diplomacy: Medium
Politics: High
Commodore T'Mina
Current Posting: Commander, Auxiliary Task Force, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Medium
Aggression: Medium
Nerve: Medium
Diplomacy: High
Politics: Medium
Commodore Iorin Grann
Current Posting: Commander, Task Force 4, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Medium
Aggression: Low
Nerve: High
Diplomacy: Medium
Politics: Medium
Captain Ferath zh'Kylarrth
Current Posting: Executive Officer, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Low
Aggression: Medium
Nerve: Medium
Diplomacy: High
Politics: High
Tailward Theatre, Vice Admiral Viraan zh'Dohlen Sol Sector
Rigel Sector
Vulcan Sector
Andor Sector
Klingon Border Zone
Romulan Border Zone
Licori Border Zone
-Task Force 1, Commodore Michel Thuir
-REPAIR - USS Sarek, Excelsior-class, NCC-2004 - Captain Straak
USS Excelsior, Excelsior-class, NCC-2000 - Captain Yamada Ichigo
USS Lexington, Constitution-B-class, NCC-1741 - Captain Winslow
TSS Krinuk, Constitution-B-class, NCC-1750 USS Blizzard, Centaur-A-class, NCC-2108 - Captain Senok
USS Lightning, Centaur-A-class, NCC- 2105 - Captain Khrerg bak Arguk
UES Calgary, Miranda-A-class, NCC-1903 - Captain Tan Ming
-REPAIR- USS Torbriel, Oberth-class, NCC-1511 - Captain Diego Zaardmani
Recon Units
Inid Uttar Institute (Runabouts + Research Cruiser) - Assigned to Gaen
Nitta Oian Institute (Runabouts + Research Cruiser) - Assigned to Thunti
External Diplomacy Teams
Technocracy Interstellar Ministry - Attempting to demonstrate the difference between Gaeni science and Mentat science to the Ked Paddah - Making progress
Internal Diplomacy Teams
Central Technocracy Council - Arrange for invasion training for Technocracy Guard
Chamber of Commerce Council - Run Internal Recruiting Campaigns - +2 O/ +2 E/ +2T
Engineering Teams
Henn-Makad Engineering Institute (1 Engineer, 1 Super-Freighter, 1 Freighter, 2 Cargo) - Thunti II Minelaying, 1 Depth, .4 Density, Strength 65, Stealth 8 - ETC 2315.Q2.M2.F2
Heavy Industry Teams
North Apada Industrial Council - Accelerating Tech-Cruiser Build in [Gaen Man. Coop Bay 1]
Thunti Industrial Council - Building Components for 2x1.5mt repair bays (will complete by 2315.Q2.M1)
South Nadaia Industrial Council - Accelerating Tech-Frigate Build in [Colonial Yard 1 Bay 1]
Doctrine Teams
Kedaia Naar Institute - Developing Anti-Minefield techniques (+1 to detection attempts - ETC 2315.Q3.M1)
(have gained +1% anti-Licori)
Logistics
Gaen Central Technocracy Logistics Network
(Income 90/100)
Hubs - Gaen (30/20), Thunti (10/10)
Sources - = 50br 70sr 20rp
Targets - 5 minor colonies
Industry -
Destination -
Total for Feeder Network -
Source - 90s 50b
Minors - 40s 20b
Route Penalty = 1.1
Total x Route Penalty = 143s 77b
Per Bi-Monthly = 24s 13b
1 Freighter, 3 Cargo Ship Assigned
Total for Trunk Network -
Homeworld + 1 Major Worlds = 20s 10b
Route Penalty = 1
Per Bi-Monthly = 4s 2b
1 Cargo Ship Assigned
Total for Industry Network -
90br/100sr = 20s 18b
Route Penalty = 1
Per Bi-Monthly = 4s 3b
1 Freighter Assigned
The update says they found his irradiated remains in his stateroom. For some reason I suspect he was sitting down when a torpedo impacted a few decks below and he got fuckin' wrecked by gamma radiation + however that interacts with Trek building materials.
I have a bad feeling about what happens if we attack while our commandos are trying to take out the Anoxa. I'd rather lose commandos than explorers.
[X][GAM] Attack when sure the weapon is destroyed
EDIT:
I also like the idea that when they say 'superlaser' they just mean a really big laser. Like, it's the most boringly ordinary, non-exotic beam weapon in all of Star Trek, with almost zero technobabble in the design. It's just really big.
Because the Korannon Kortennon hats are "gratuitous evil" and "more heavy industry than you."
Nah, it's cool. It just means I have to invent a different reason for the Tartresis guy (played by Patrick Stewart in green facepaint!) to do something heroic and ballsy that he was going to do anyway.
Hm, I'm thinking simultaneously. I don't think being tentative about this operation is a good idea, and Linderly's people don't deserve to get abandoned.
I don't know if our Explorers can repel firepower of that magnitude, but I suspect that at least the EC ships will be able to science their way out of an instant kill. They did before.
As to our assets, I think we could use another external diplomacy team to inform the acceptable houses of our intentions regarding their succession dispute and remind them that we'll be ready for a conditional surrender when they're done.
By the way, @OneirosTheWriter, can you double-check the order of battle for the Federation forces?
For instance, we know for a fact Chekov is no longer captain of the Endurance (in TF3). And some of the ships listed in TF1 and TF2 were destroyed or put out of action in the Ixaria campaign- they should probably be taken off the roster, or given strikethroughs, so that we can retain an accurate picture of those task forces' real strength.
And I'm not sure how the ships now being assigned to Eaton's fleet slot into the order of battle. For example, which force is getting Courageous? Of the various ships coming out of drydock, which if any of them will be present with TF3 for the attack on Gammon?
EDIT:
When the smoke clears from Gammon I may try to do a 'where are they now' list of all Federation ships lost or damaged in the battles to help backstop you. Especially since it's at least possible to repair ships that are merely "disabled," provided we retain control of the battlefield.
Thuir and the Ked Paddah tried to take Ixaria, the main system of House Ixara. They beat the snot out of the defenses, but the cumulative effect of being dragged face-first through several layers of minefields and MAD SCIENCE were badly wearing them down. Especially the Ked Paddah who lost a lot of ships to random mine explosions.
Then a large and badass Imperial reinforcement fleet very much like the one I'd been expecting rolled out to crush what was left of our plucky little Ixaria-fighting dudes.
Then Nash jumped the reinforcement fleet and beat the snot out of it, destroying both of the Licori battleships (they had two to begin with) plus two cruisers and some other small fry. Because Nash does stuff like that.
Then to our considerable surprise, it turned out that the Imperial fleet which had gone out to crush Thuir and his new red friends, and which Nash had just utterly crushed, was in fact literally the imperial fleet. As in, the Emperor was actually on board one of the battleships, in person. Specifically, he was on the battleship that got extra-toasty towards the end of the fight.
So now the Licori have no battleships, not a lot of cruisers left either, have lost one of their major star systems... oh, and the Emperor is dead with no obvious successor.
Also, T'Lorel is moving in to clear out another one of their major star systems, run by House PedoKorannon Kortennon, the evil guys who we suspect are behind the star-exploding stuff. She has a whole mess of ships to do it with, I'm not even sure exactly how many because a bunch of new ships are coming into the war zone right around now. The only tricky part is dealing with House Pedo's giant moon laser, which we have a plucky band of Starfleet Intelligence commandos ready to do. Hopefully this part will go more like the raid at the end of Return of the Jedi and less like the raid at the end of Rogue One.
I prefer attacking on both fronts, so as to force the Licori to split their forces. One attack would also serve as a distraction for the other. The Licori would have to respond to both forces, rather than just one after another.
[X][RECON] Onos IV
[X][ENG] Commence outpost build at New Seoul (3 Months - apprx)
[X][CON] Starfleet Recruiting Campaign - +2 O / +2 E / +2 T in 1 Qtr
[X][IND] Brute force repairs (1.5x penalty to cost, 4x speed increase) : USS Sarek
[X][GAM] Attack simultaneously
[X][RECON] Onos IV
[X][ENG] Assemble 2x1000kt Repair Yards at Tellar Prime (6 Months - apprx)
[X][CON] Starfleet Recruiting Campaign - +2 O / +2 E / +2 T in 1 Qtr
[X][IND] Brute force repairs (1.5x penalty to cost, 4x speed increase) : USS Sarek
Adhoc vote count started by Thors_Alumni on May 6, 2017 at 6:57 AM, finished with 406 posts and 25 votes.
[X] Attack Stations
-[X] Iron Hail
--[X] But ensure at least one ship is left in Ixaria Prime orbit to prevent mine layers and guard captured shipyard and disabled ships
[X][WS] Plan Recon and Diplomacy
-[X] Starfleet Academy Red Squad Runabouts - Recon team (4 cost for Starfleet, gain +1 to outpost and starbase attempts to detect incoming ships)
-[X] Generate Generic Internal Diplomacy Team from United Earth (10 Cost to Starfleet, 5 Cost to Member World, gain Internal Diplomacy Team)
Onos IV is a fairly pointless recon location. Place them on Kappa Tau, and in TF6 temporarily until Kappa Tau is finished.
e: this placement would also allow maximum interesting cultural experiences for any academy characters
e2: we should also build the repair yard we just finished preparing
